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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

09/23/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State  – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

09/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Saudi Arabia
‘It’s like a war here’: Saudi police raid defiant Eastern Province amid wider conflict with Shia

‘It’s like a war here’: Saudi police raid defiant Eastern Province amid wider conflict with Shia

RT | – One Saudi policeman was killed and four injured during raids on a Shia-dominated oil-rich eastern province, as the Saudi-led coalition bombardment of […]

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Apartheid
Palestine Authority seeks to speed up ICC probe into Israeli war crimes

Palestine Authority seeks to speed up ICC probe into Israeli war crimes

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority is providing new documents to the International Criminal Court to speed up a preliminary probe into possible Israeli war […]

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Israel
Israeli Squatters’ Environmental Terrorism Cripples Palestinian Farmers

Israeli Squatters’ Environmental Terrorism Cripples Palestinian Farmers

By Mel Frykberg AL SHUYUKH, Southern West Bank (IPS) – “Exactly which olive trees do you want to see? The Israeli settlers have cut down […]

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Christians
Indiana:  Church of Marijuana founded to Exploit Religious Freedom Act

Indiana: Church of Marijuana founded to Exploit Religious Freedom Act

Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) – ““In a classic case of “unintended consequences,” the recently signed Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) […]

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Barack Obama
Do GOP Frontrunners have an Iran policy besides Sanctions and Bombs?

Do GOP Frontrunners have an Iran policy besides Sanctions and Bombs?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – President Barack Obama’s negotiations with Iran to ensure that its nuclear enrichment program remains purely civilian, for generating […]

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Desertification
The War in Yemen is Political, Ecological: Forget Sunnis and Shiites

The War in Yemen is Political, Ecological: Forget Sunnis and Shiites

By Solaiman M. Fazel | (Informed Comment) As the Saudi led coalition closes its second week of bombardment in Yemen, the dominant narrative in the […]

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Apartheid
Joint Israeli-Palestinian March for justice for Negev Bedouin Villages

Joint Israeli-Palestinian March for justice for Negev Bedouin Villages

By Silvia Boarini | — JERUSALEM (IPS) – There was a symbolic dimension to a recent four-day march from the periphery of Israel to the […]

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Climate Change
Scotland: Outer Hebrides Island co-op buys Wind Turbine, sells Energy

Scotland: Outer Hebrides Island co-op buys Wind Turbine, sells Energy

Triodos Bank, UK | — “As the southernmost inhabited islands of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland Barra and Vatersay bear the brunt of whatever weather […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Hamas forces join fight against ISIL in Damascus refugee camp

Hamas forces join fight against ISIL in Damascus refugee camp

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An official in the support network for the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria said Sunday that a Hamas-affiliated group is fighting the […]

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